Coastal and Indigenous

In response to: A Global Estimate of Seafood Consumption by Coastal Indigenous Peoples

December 2, 2016 | Policy Forum, Coastal and Indigenous

Traditionally, Indigenous people have resisted research, especially quantitative research that has fed into the imposition of discriminatory socio-economic and political policies to the detriment of Indigenous communities. However, having access to a global database that quantifies fish consumption specifically by Coastal Indigenous peoples around the world, is a critical contribution to Indigenous struggle on a number of fronts.

Indigenous seafood consumption 15 times higher per capita than national averages

December 2, 2016 | Publication Highlights, Coastal and Indigenous

Coastal Indigenous people eat, on average, 15 times more seafood per person than non-Indigenous people in the same country, finds a Nippon Foundation-Nereus Program study published today in PLOS ONE. This highlights the need to consider food sovereignty and cultural identity as part of fisheries policy and Indigenous human rights.

IUCN Explaining Ocean Warming report

September 6, 2016 | Publication Highlights, Climate Change, Coastal and Indigenous

Explaining Ocean Warming is a comprehensive report produced by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) looking at the impacts of warming on ocean life, ecosystems, and goods and services. The report is the work of 80 scientists from 12 countries, launched during the IUCN World Conservation Congress, September 1-10 in Hawaii. Nereus Program research was contributed to two chapters within the report.

Towards an integrated database on Canadian ocean resources: benefits, current states, and research gaps

July 8, 2016 | Publication Highlights, Fisheries, Coastal and Indigenous

“Towards an integrated database on Canadian ocean resources: benefits, current states, and research gaps” was recently published in the Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, authored by Nereus Fellow Andrés Cisneros-Montemayor (UBC), Director of Science William Cheung, and OceanCanada Director Rashid Sumaila (Nereus Honorary Research Associate).

Madagascar Indigenous Fisheries – My Experience at the MARE Conference

July 20, 2015 | Policy Forum, Fisheries, Coastal and Indigenous

By Vatosoa Rakotondrazafy, Madagascar

Full immersion in the field of small-scale fisheries for three days, networking with worldwide fisheries experts, coming across old friends from the University of British Columbia, and making new friends, this is what the Centre for Maritime Research (MARE) conference 2015 was all about for me. I attended this conference in Amsterdam from June 24 to 26.

Mass coastal development, and the re-affirmation that non-market inspiration values are a real thing

June 17, 2015 | Policy Forum, Coastal and Indigenous

by Andrés M. Cisneros-Montemayor, Nereus Fellow This is not the first time this has been written in my head. I recall a feeling of intense anger and impotence whenever a…

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Coastal and Indigenous

In response to: A Global Estimate of Seafood Consumption by Coastal Indigenous Peoples

Indigenous seafood consumption 15 times higher per capita than national averages

IUCN Explaining Ocean Warming report

Towards an integrated database on Canadian ocean resources: benefits, current states, and research gaps

Madagascar Indigenous Fisheries – My Experience at the MARE Conference

Mass coastal development, and the re-affirmation that non-market inspiration values are a real thing

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